If suspecting heart failure, consider systolic vs. diastolic:
Systolic = reduced ejection fraction
ETIOLOGIES
1. Ischemic heart disease
2. Valvular disease
3. Hypertension
4. Cardiomyopathies
a. Drugs (especially methamphetamines and cocaine)
b. Alcohol
c. Thyroid
d. Lupus
e. Peripartum
f. Tachycardia-associated
g. Familial
h. Infiltrative (sarcoid, amyloid, hemachromatosis)
i. HIV
j. Viruses/Idiopathic
h. Chagas disease
If suspecting heart failure, consider systolic vs. diastolic:
Systolic = reduced ejection fraction
ETIOLOGIES
1. Ischemic heart disease
2. Valvular disease
3. Hypertension
4. Cardiomyopathies
a. Drugs (especially methamphetamines and cocaine)
b. Alcohol
c. Thyroid
d. Lupus
e. Peripartum
f. Tachycardia-associated
g. Familial
h. Infiltrative (sarcoid, amyloid, hemachromatosis)
i. HIV
j. Viruses/Idiopathic
h. Chagas disease
WORKUP
1. Cardiopulmonary: Echo, EKG
2. Laboratory: Utox, ANA, TSH
Diastolic = preserved ejection fraction
ETIOLOGIES
1. LVH/Hypertension
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